Skip to content
EntityQ1720791· pop 13· linked from 2 articles

Lindqvist is a surname of Swedish origin. It means 'linden twig', as lind means 'linden tree' (Tilia cordata), and kvist means 'twig'.

~3 min read

Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Geographical distribution
  • People
  • In other fields
  • See also
  • References

Lindqvist is a surname of Swedish origin. It means 'linden twig', as lind means 'linden tree' (Tilia cordata), and kvist means 'twig'.

In Sweden, about 23,000 people have this surname in some variation. Lindqvist is by far the most common spelling (69%), but frequent variations include Lindkvist (20%) and Lindquist (11%). Rare variations include Lindhqvist (0.09%), Lindqwist (0.07%) and Lindkuist (0.01%).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lindqvist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.